*spoiler alert* What if your child belonged to someone else? When Claiming Noah arrived in the mail, I felt a little obligated to read it. I looked at the cover, turned to read the back cover blurb and my first reaction was 'Do I really want to read about a…

Reluctantly Charmed is the tale of Kate McDaid, your average working class girl from Dublin. She is single, quite happy being so and has been a junior copywriter for five years without a flicker of promotion. Kate is in a life rut and although she knows it's time to take…

I am not sure where to begin with this book. A talking cat, a hit and run, death and dark family secrets are just a few of the many storylines in this book. Peppa is the main character in this quick read, is at the very centre of the madness…

I have just finished If I Fall, If I Die, and it is beautiful. This book is the story of Will, a young lad with an agoraphobic mother, living in a large house with rooms named after cities. Cairo, Toronto and Paris become their cocooned world filled with art, creativity…

I firstly want to say that the back cover blurb didn’t match the book I found inside. My interpretation of the jacket led me to expect an Australian 'Eat Pray Love' with a pretentious woman in search of enlightenment who 'discovers' herself whilst meditating next to giant pineapples. I didn't find…

Let me start this review by saying that my best friend is a Queenslander and I'm not quite sure how she will feel about a book which has a character quoting; “Queensland, like some obese Dracula, was allowed to monopolise the artery that kept her sisters alive ... Queensland is…

William meets the love of his life, Ivy. They are a couple before they even go on a date. He doesn't know the tiniest of details about his beautifully scarred, enigmatic lover. Who is her favourite Beatle? What was the name of her first pet? What is her middle name?…

After reading the debut novel Hades, I was excited to read the next instalment and relished the chance to delve a little deeper into the minds and lives of Hades and his dark daughter Eden. Eden did not disappoint and I picked up right where I left off. Immediately I…

Imagine being able to turn back time. Not in a 'Cher' type way by straddling a torpedo in a slither of lycra and a giant 80's perm, but in a very real way. If you could slip back through time with the possibility of stopping a tragic event or…

YOU is told from the point of view of a stalker, who works in a bookshop and has a cage in the shop basement. It is a book which is dark, clever, smart and full of obsession, revenge, cunning and nail biting suspense. It took me a while to get a…

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The Soldiers Wife is about a young war bride called Ruby who loses her Jimmy when he is called up and sent to fight in World War One. He leaves her in Sydney with two choices; Go back to the family homestead in Bourke, or stay in Sydney...

Skin is a complete U-turn to my last few reads. Those that know me, know that I’m an ancient history geek, so when I threw my name in the ring to win a copy of Skin from The Reading Room, I was pretty pleased when it landed in my postbox...

This is a story of Paige who has had a bloody rough time of it. Her husband has been a complete jerk, she suffered the loss of a child, post-partem depression and is recovering from a stroke. She decides to get away with the two people ...

A body is found in the woods of a small town on the outskirts of the University grounds. Molly, a rookie reporter who is rebuilding her life after losing a child, is assigned the case for the local newspaper. Many secrets are kept behind...

I was looking forward to Enough Already by Mike Iamele. The book deets gave me the impression that this was something fresh, modern and interesting.
I was pretty disappointed. The talk of Zuckerberg and Sean Parker lulled me in, but I q...